US8834487B2 - Systems and methods for preventing intravasation during intrauterine procedures - Google Patents
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- fibroid, poly, tumor, blood clot, biopsy and other tissue removal, treatment or denaturing (e.g. removal, treatment or denaturing via mechanical means such as cutting, morcellating, lysing, excising or scraping; ablation such as radiofrequency, laser or cryogenic ablation; and/or removal of blood supply such as via associated vascular occlusion);
- fertility procedures (e.g. in-vivo fertilization; tubal opening; egg harvesting and sperm delivery);
- sterilization procedures (e.g. fallopian tube occlusion such as internal or external occlusion of the fallopian tube; procedures which detect and/or confirm fallopian tube occlusion; and fallopian tube removal or partial removal);
- endometrial ablation or resection (e.g. providing a tamponade force; delivering a clotting or other agent; delivering a fluid such as a fluid at an elevated temperature; providing ablation energy such as radiofrequency; ultrasonic, laser or cryogenic energy);
- vascular modification (e.g. procedures that change blood flow such as flow reducing or increasing procedures including vascular stenting and occlusion)
- intra-abdominal procedures (e.g. oophorectomy; tubal ligation; tubal resection; endometrial ablation; subserosal fibroid removal and ovarian cyst removal) and
- drug delivery (e.g. delivery of anesthetics; clotting agents; chemotherapeutics; occlusive agents, bulking agents and other agents).
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- mechanical or gel distension of organs (e.g. bladder, lung, stomach, bowel, esophagus, oral cavity, rectum, nasal sinus, Eustachian tubes, heart, gall bladder, artery, vein, ducts)
- administering of anesthetics (e.g. lidocaine injections proximate the cervix, vaginal wall or other tissue; and injections to otherwise reduce pain associated with cervical dilation; fallopian tube manipulation and vaginal wall penetration)
- administering of a muscle relaxant, cervical pre-dilation and softening (e.g. a procedure performed a day or more in advance of a subsequent gynecological procedure)
- dilation (e.g. cervical dilation and dilation of a penetration tract through the vaginal wall)
- tissue dissection (e.g. blunt dissection; liquid-jet (e.g. saline) dissection; and energy assisted dissection; and dissection utilizing Tumescent solution comprising an anesthetic such as lidocaine and a vasoconstrictor such as epinephrine in order to dissect along normal facial planes and reduce nerve damage)
- vaginal wall and other conduit or organ penetration (e.g. penetration comprising an penetrating needle and guidewire passed through the needle)
- vessel occlusion or constriction (e.g. occlusion or constriction of a blood vessel such as the uteral artery; a fallopian tube; or the urethra)
- implant delivery (e.g. an occlusive device such as occlusive intra-luminal material or a vessel clip; a drug delivery implant such as a drug-loaded gel or foam; a radioactive seed; or suture)
- radiation treatment (e.g. temporary or permanent implantation of a radioactive seed or other source of radiation such as a liquid radionucleotide)
- delivery of energy (e.g. electromagnetic energy such as radiofrequency energy; chemical energy; heat or cooling energy; mechanical energy such as vibrational energy; sound energy such as subsonic, acoustic and ultrasound energies; radiation; and combinations thereof)
- visualization of internal anatomy (e.g. via an endoscope or a camera or lens integral to a device shaft) and
- guidance of one or more devices (e.g. via a visible beacon such as a light emitted from the uterus, fallopian tubes or other anatomical location or via an electromagnetic beacon such as an antenna receiving a high frequency signal).
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- treatment device, tissue removal device, subsonic treatment device, drug delivery device, scaffolding device, volume occupying device, stabilizing device, visualization apparatus and navigation apparatus, a shape-modifying wire; all of the present invention;
- ablation device;
- ligating, lysing and/or excising device;
- tissue removing device (e.g. a morcellator; scraper; cutter; or grabber);
- tissue cutting device (e.g. an advancable blade cutting device);
- tissue dissector (e.g. a blunt dissector; a fluid-jet dissector; or an energy delivery dissector);
- suture and knot tying device;
- snaring device (e.g. a device used to snare a guidewire or blood clot);
- visualization device (e.g. a hysteroscope or other endoscope);
- navigation device;
- drug delivery device (e.g. a iontophoresis catheter); and
- vaginal crossing device (e.g. a needle based device which places a guidewire from inside the vaginal canal and through the vaginal wall).
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